A minimum of 19 individuals died and others had been injured when Russian forces hit a tv tower exterior the western Ukrainian metropolis of Rivne, native authorities mentioned Tuesday, in response to the Reuters information company. The village is just about 100 miles from the border of NATO member Poland.
The top of the regional administration, Vitaliy Koval, mentioned on messaging app Telegram that work was underway to free survivors trapped beneath the rubble within the village of Antopil.
Koval mentioned at a briefing that two rockets hit the constructing early Monday morning, Interfax-Ukraine information company reported.
He posted photos of firefighters utilizing cranes to carry sections of shattered concrete and brick partitions and carrying a stretcher. Koval mentioned dozens of rescuers had been on the scene and posted images on Fb.
Ukrainian authorities additionally mentioned two individuals died and 7 had been injured after Russian forces struck an airplane manufacturing unit within the capital of Kyiv, and that two individuals had been killed within the northern Obolonskyi district of the capital when Russian artillery fireplace hit a nine-story condominium constructing. They mentioned a Russian airstrike within the capital's downtown space Monday killed one individual and wounded six others.
Earlier Monday, a Russian airstrike on a residential constructing in Ukraine's capital metropolis killed at the least one individual and wounded a number of others. Russia insists it would not goal civilians, however its forces have intensified their assaults on city areas since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
One other spherical of direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian officers befell on Monday. Each side had reported "substantial progress" after a number of earlier rounds, and there was even hope for some settlement inside a matter of days. After the talks on Monday, which had been held nearly for the primary time, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak mentioned there can be a "technical pause" within the bilateral dialogue till Tuesday, including: "Negotiations proceed."
The United Nations has recorded at the least 596 civilian deaths since Russia invaded Ukraine, although it believes the true toll is way increased.
